Dwyane Wade names two players who reached out to join him with LeBron James on Miami Heat before Chris Bosh deal

Before Chris Bosh, two NBA stars were considered for Miami Heat Big 3

Heat legend D-Wade recently made an appearance on the Pardon My Take podcast. During the episode, Wade discussed the Heatles era with James and Bosh.

Speaking of which, Wade revealed that before Bosh signed with the franchise, Amar’e Stoudemire and Carlos Boozer called him and James about potentially joining the Heat.

“Once people start getting a little inside that we were thinking about playing together, we got a couple calls. So we were getting calls from Amar’e was a free agent, yeah, Boozer was a free agent,” Wade said.

He continued: “And so we had to look and see if those personalities and those talents have obviously worked with us, right?

“Bron and I were both committed to playing together, and it was really important who that third person was.”

While a James-Wade duo is in itself an unstoppable force, the Heat seemingly wanted to go all in by adding a quality third star.

Dwyane Wade: ‘Chris Bosh was the choice’

Despite interest from the likes of Stoudemire and Boozer, Wade confirmed that he and James were always inclined towards forming a Big 3 with Bosh.

“And we knew all along that if we were going to do this, that Chris Bosh was the choice. “We’re both ball-dominant guys, right, and you need somebody else to, kind of, like, relieve that.

“And Chris Bosh was the reliever in that for us,” Wade stated.

With the Big 3 completed, the Heat went on a dominant run in the Eastern Conference as they made four consecutive NBA Finals appearances.

Although the Heat lost two NBA Finals, they also won back-to-back titles in 2012 and 2013. Evidently, it wouldn’t have been possible without an unselfish third star like Bosh.